📅 03/02/24🕒 13:00🏟️ Estadio de Mestalla🧑⚖️ Alejandro Muniz Ruiz, Spain
Biggest Swing+1.77 xT62' PepeluMissed Pens1Cards10
Valencia 2-1 Almeria — xTears 21.54 (03/02/24)
Valencia won 2-1 against Almeria on 3 February 2024 during Matchday 23 of La Liga, even with the xTears split tilting slightly the other way. Total damage: 21.54 xTears.
Even with the xTears split leaning slightly the other way, the heaviest moments for Valencia still ran through Hugo Duro 14' goal (+1.41 xT) and Pepelu 62' missed penalty (+1.77 xT).
The scoreboard and xTears did not tell exactly the same story: Valencia punished better without fully owning the emotional volume. The pain was self-inflicted, and it stung: missed penalty (Pepelu at 62'). The match lost its cool with 9 yellows and 1 red. The whistle kept getting involved under Alejandro Muniz Ruiz, Spain, with 2 VAR calls.
How It Unfolded
Timeline
-5'
Red card
Léo Baptistão - Almeria
14'
Goal
Hugo Duro - Valencia
Assist: Diego López
23'
Goal
R. Yaremchuk - Valencia
Assist: Pepelu
32'
Goal ruled out by VAR
Edgar González - Almeria
50'
Goal
Sergio Arribas - Almeria
Assist: Álex Centelles
60'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
Diego López - Valencia
62'
Missed penalty
Pepelu - Valencia
Absolute chaos
🧨
10.60
62'
Missed penalty
+1.77 xT
Pepelu - Valencia
14'
Goal
+1.41 xT
Hugo Duro - Valencia
Assist: Diego López
-5'
Red card
+1.36 xT
Léo Baptistão - Almeria
32'
Goal ruled out by VAR
+1.27 xT
Edgar González - Almeria
All-out war
🟥
9.95
-5'
Red card
+1.36 xT
Léo Baptistão - Almeria
90+4'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
L. Ramazani - Almeria
90+4'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
L. Robertone - Almeria
61'
Yellow card
+0.99 xT
Álex Centelles - Almeria
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
5.64
62'
Missed penalty
+1.77 xT
Pepelu - Valencia
-5'
Red card
+1.36 xT
Léo Baptistão - Almeria
32'
Goal ruled out by VAR
+1.27 xT
Edgar González - Almeria
60'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
+1.24 xT
Diego López - Valencia
Late drama
🔥
3.80
90+4'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
L. Ramazani - Almeria
90+4'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
L. Robertone - Almeria
82'
Substitution
+0.46 xT
L. Robertone for Sergio Arribas - Almeria
82'
Substitution
+0.46 xT
M. Milovanović for Chumi - Almeria
Cruelty
😈
3.04
62'
Missed penalty
+1.77 xT
Pepelu - Valencia
32'
Goal ruled out by VAR
+1.27 xT
Edgar González - Almeria
Crushed hope
💔
1.27
32'
Goal ruled out by VAR
+1.27 xT
Edgar González - Almeria